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Nicolette van Exel

Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Intuit

Nicolette van Exel is the Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Intuit. She is responsible for driving the company’s CSR strategy and global programming, with a key focus on powering prosperity for youth, especially those who need it most. She has twenty years of CSR experience, and is known for her expertise in building cross-functional, high impact, CSR organizations. Before joining Intuit, Nicolette worked at SAP, where she managed the global CSR organization that created the company’s first accelerator for emerging social entrepreneurs in key growth markets, including India, Brazil and Kenya. She coaches students across the United States who are young aspiring CSR professionals in her field and provides pro bono advisory to social ventures and non-profit organizations around the world. Before SAP, she was a consultant at Business for Social Responsibility, where she focused primarily on fair labor practices in global retail supply chains. Nicolette started her career working as a legal advisor for the Dutch Council for Refugees. Nicolette was born in the Netherlands, has a Bachelors degree in Political Science from The Hague University, and a Masters degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam.

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